From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:39:23 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
      
   > On 26/12/2025 03:20, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>    Maybe old Will should have added 'intellectuals'   
   >>>    along with 'lawyers' eh ?  :-)   
   >   
   > On 2025-12-26, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >> IIRC it was Stalin who called them useful idiots and consigned them to   
   >> the gulags once their usefulness expired...   
   >   
   > That is an oft-reused playbook, also done by Mao Zedong and Pol Pot.   
      
   The US political parties find it easier to ignore the useful idiots when   
   they're outlived their usefulness. Gulags cost money. "Who else are they   
   going to vote for?"   
      
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